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Britto I [brittocan at gmail.com]
Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:57:13 +0530
Hi Folks!
Some where in the directory structure there might be the circular symlinks ie the softlinks made to the parent directory
Say..
localhost]# pwd /usr/local/test localhost]# ln -s .. cirlink localhost]# ls -l cirlink cirlink -> ..I want to find that particular circular or recursive link
Thanx in Advance.. Britto
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:40:38 +0000
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:57:13 +0530 "Britto I" <brittocan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks! > > > Some where in the directory structure there might be the circular > symlinks ie the softlinks made to the parent directory > > Say.. > > localhost]# pwd > > /usr/local/test > > localhost]# ln -s .. cirlink > > localhost]# ls -l cirlink > > cirlink -> .. > > > I want to find that particular circular or recursive link
man readlink man symlinksYou might have to install the latter of the two suggestions above. You can also do this using find(1) but there's no point reinventing the wheel.
-- Thomas Adam